Date according to WIKI. - -teD - Original Message From: J R Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 14:09 To: [email protected] Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS
In my case, I was using SPF under MVT. I thought it was earlier than '74, but I could be misremembering. === > Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:18:41 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS > To: [email protected] > > ISPF (then called SPF) was introduced with MVS in 1974. > FSE to my knowledge was introduced latrr. > > - > -teD > - > Original Message > From: Hobart Spitz > Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 07:44 > To: [email protected] > Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > Subject: Re: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS > > For those who may be confused, this may make things worse :-) : > > - TSO EDIT is an ancient (circa 1970) line mode editor, and which (being > generous) has very little use today. Try typing HELP EDIT at READY or in > ISPF option 6. > - ISPF EDIT is a full-screen editor with a BOUNDS command. It was > inspired by FSE (Full Screen Edit) in the early 1980s. ISPF EDIT is the > editor that is used almost exclusively under z/OS. > > All of the above discussion applied to ISPF EDIT despite referring to TSO > EDIT. ISPF runs under TSO/E. TSO EDIT does not require ISPF. ISPF EDIT > requires both TSO/E and ISPF. > > While everyone seems to have understood what was intended, it might pay to > be a bit more accurate, as there are various native TSO commands that > provide (all but unknown and unused) line-mode analogs to a few ISPF > facilities with similar names, e.g. COPY, ASM, LINK, LISTCAT, etc. > > > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Native TSO EDIT does not have a bounds command. > > > > - > > -teD > > - > > Original Message > > From: Lizette Koehler > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 13:04 > > To: [email protected] > > Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > Subject: Re: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS > > > > It was not clear if you are using NATIVE TSO EDIT or if you are using ISPF > > There are two lists you may wish to join if you have not done so already > > > > TSO/REXX URL to join: > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?TSO-REXX > > ISPF URL to join: > > https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=ispf-l > > > > > > > > Using ISPF you can restrict a change command by combining LABELS and > > COLUMNS > > > > So if your data is on lines 50 to 100 - type a .a (dot a) on line 50, then > > a .b (dot b) on line 100. > > > > Then the change command would look like > > > > C "string" "newstring" .a .b 35 50 all > > > > This will only change the lines .a to .b and only columns 35 to 50 and the > > ALL says do all lines > > > > > > Use PF1 for HELP in ISPF > > > > Review CHANGE and LABELs and COLUMNs > > > > You can exclude lines you do not want changes to occur on and then your > > change command could look like > > > > C "string" "newstring" .a .b 35 50 all NX > > NX says only lines showing - not excluded > > > > > > What would might work better is to use ISPF in Batch. You could create a > > REXX with an ISPF EDIT Macro to EDIT your dataset. > > > > Lizette > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > > Behalf Of esmie moo > > > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 6:50 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: TSO EDIT COMMAND - BOUNDS > > > > > > Good Morning Gentle Readers > > > > > > I am trying the bounds command because I want to make a universal change > > > between columns 35 to 50. > > > > > > I tried the HELP BNDS doc however it is not very clear. Here is what it > > says: > > > > > > The bounds may then be changed by overtyping with < to define the left > > > bound and > to define the right bound. > > > > > > I am not sure where I would overtype the < & the > > > > > > > I tried >35 but it shifted the datat to col 35 which is not what I want. > > > > > > I would like to set the bounds between col 35 & 50 so that I can enact my > > CHANGE > > > command. > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email > > to > > > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > OREXXMan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
